De 12 van Oldenheim (2017)

The series was conceived and written by Lex Passchier who already had the idea in 2014. He was inspired in part by the series Broadchurch, Les Revenants and Under the Dome, in which the story was also about a small community and things happen inexplicably, where the residents make each other suspicious. The recordings mainly took place in Harmelen.

The series manages to hold the viewer's attention well. Building tension that keeps you constantly puzzling about how and what until the surprising finale. The beginning may look a bit slow and boring, but if you persevere and keep watching you will see the prelude to more tension as indicated earlier. This ensures that De 12 van Oldenheim is really worth the effort across the board.

The acting is more than adequate, especially Nasrdin Dchar impresses as detective Dahmani. Silent, thoughtful and frustrated, it gives Detective Dahmani something mystical. Fedja van Huêt also puts down an excellent character. Noortje Herlaar as curious and tenacious journalist Peggy Jonkers also does well.

The 12 of Oldenheim' is therefore highly recommended. A series that keeps you busy after a few episodes and shows that the Dutch series makers are quite capable of putting down something good.

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One of the better Dutch crime/mystery series. Well put together plot. Unfortunately, the number of disappearances is a bit too much, causing boredom to strike at a certain point. They could have made 12 more episodes; then there would have been 24 disappearances. It would have been better to create a little more depth in the investigative work. Peggy's "contribution" also went a little too easily. The acting was fine; In any case, I thought Noortje and Nasrdin gave surprisingly good roles.

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